[SedVictaCatoni]

But, nowhere in those documents, in the pledge, in the Constitution, or in the Declaration of Independence, do the Founding Fathers either require, suggest, imply or demand allegiance to 'a' or 'the' government.

I find it disturbing that you apparently believe that the Pledge of Allegiance was written by the Founding Fathers. In light of this, I'm not sure what to make of the rest of your post. The Pledge was written by Francis Bellamy (1855-1931), an activist for socialism who hoped to use the Pledge to help bind children to the ideal of a planned society organized around the ideals of the French Revolution rather than around capitalism.

[DustyMoment]

I'll simply acknowledge that suggesting that the Founding Fathers wrote the Pledge (which I know they didn't) was a misstatement on my part.

You're locked in a belief system that neither I nor anyone else will ever be able to change.